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Morning Start: An avid gamer has collected over 2,400 gaming systems

Your morning start for Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021
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Good morning and happy Wednesday! Here’s your morning start to get your day going.

Fun fact: An avid gamer has collected over 2,400 gaming systems

Linda Guillory, an electrical engineer from Richardson, Texas, USA, has collected a total of 2,430 operating gaming systems, earning her the holder of the Guinness World Record of the largest collection of playable gaming systems.

Guillory’s first-ever system, a Red Conic Basketball game, was collected when she was eight.

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